You are hereTake action on Tennessee's Monkey Bill
When Tennessee's legislature debated a "Monkey Bill" in 2012, NCSE joined with concerned citizens to protect science classes. The bill's text singles out evolution and climate change, as if those topics were scientifically controversial, and it blocks school administrators from maintaining a consistent curriculum. It opens the door for creationist parents or students to disrupt classrooms, or for teachers who deny the basic science of climate change to present pseudoscience. The Latest “Intelligent Design” JournalTitle: The Latest “Intelligent Design” Journal Issue: 6 ENTER BIO-COMPLEXITYA new on-line, open-access, peer-reviewed journal with the ungainly name BIO-Complexity (ISSN 2151- 7444) was announced on April 30, 2010, by its publisher, the Biologic Institute. According to its statement of purpose and scope, BIO-Complexity “aims to be the leading forum for testing the scientific merit of the claim that intelligent design (ID) is a credible explanation for life.” The journal hopes to publish “studies in all areas of science with clear relevance to its aim, including work focusing on the relative Year: 2010 Date: November–December Page(s): 10–13 topics: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Media Type: Coppedge v. JPL
In April 2010, David Coppedge sued his employer, Cal Tech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). In March 2011, the suit was amended to include wrongful termination as he was laid off in January of 2011. Review: The Panda's Black BoxYear: 2010 Issue: 5 Title: The Panda's Black Box: Opening up the Intelligent Design Controversy For anyone Date: September-October Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. 165 pages Page(s): 37–38 topics: Media Type: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Darwin v. Intelligent Design (Again)
Review: The Cell's DesignYear: 2009 Title: The Cell's Design: How Chemistry Reveals the Creator's Artistry Issue: 4 After reading Fazale Rana's The Cell's Design, the sequel to Origins of Life (Rana and Ross 2004; reviewed in RNCSE 2007 May–Aug; 27 [3–4]: 45–8), I was reminded of John Conlee's 1979 lyrics, "These rose colored glasses, that I'm looking through / Show only the beauty, 'cause they hide all the truth." This country music classic sums up Rana's book, which starts with the foregone conclusion that the cell is designed, by explaining the principles (with reference to Dembski and Behe) of "intelligent design" (in chapter 1). Date: July–August Page(s): 36–37 Grand Rapids (MI): Baker Books, 2008. 332 pages. ReferencesLodish H, Berk A, Zipursky SL, Matsudaira P, Baltimore D, Darnell J. 2000. Molecular Cell Biology. 4th ed. San Francisco: WH Freeman. Miller KR. 2008. Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul. New York: Viking. Miller KR. 1999. Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution. San Francisco: Cliff Street. Rana F, Ross H. 2004. Origins of Life: Biblical and Evolution Models Face Off. Colorado Springs (CO): NavPress. Story CM. 2008. Same song, second verse. Christianity Today. Available on-line at http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/octoberweb-only/143-42.0.html. Last accessed March 27, 2009. Stryer L. 1988. Biochemistry. 3rd ed. San Francisco: WH Freeman. This version might differ slightly from the print publication. topics: Media Type: Unintelligent DesignTitle: Unintelligent Design: Interview with Mark Perakh Issue: 4 Mark Perakh was born in 1924 in Kiev, Ukraine. In 1941 he volunteered to fight the German invasion of the USSR. Later he studied at the Odessa Institute of Technology, earning a Diploma in Engineering Physics, and later an equivalent of a PhD degree from the Odessa Polytechnic Institute. In the 1950s he was arrested by the KGB on the charge of engaging in "anti-Soviet propaganda" and spent several years in a Siberian prison camp. Subsequently, he conducted research and taught physics in several universities in the USSR. Year: 2009 Date: July–August Page(s): 15–17 topics: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Media Type: Review: Critique of Intelligent DesignYear: 2009 Issue: 4 Title: Critique of Intelligent Design: Materialism versus Creationism from Antiquity to the Present The great merit of this book is its authors' recognition of historical contingency as key to the battle over "intelligent design". They argue that every natural and social science originated in a materialist (in the sense of naturalist) critique of some version of "intelligent design" and its accompanying teleological explanation. Proponents of "intelligent design" throughout the ages, in turn, have attacked materialism for its rejection of design and teleology, resulting in a 2500-year dialectic between scientific materialists and their theological and philosophical opponents. Date: July–August New York: Monthly Review Press, 2008. 240 pages. Page(s): 32–33 topics: Media Type: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Whither "Intelligent Design" Creationism?Title: Whither "Intelligent Design" Creationism? Issue: 4 Since the 1960s, creationism has evolved, with the pressure of "judicial selection" giving rise to new species. The most prominent 1960s program — young-earth creationism or YEC — was based explicitly on the Book of Genesis. It aimed at teaching K–12 science students that God created the universe in six days by a series of fiats and that nearly all of geology could be explained in terms of the action of Noah's Flood. Year: 2009 Date: July–August Page(s): 18, 23–24 topics: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Media Type: Review: The Darwin MythYear: 2009 Issue: 5 Title: The Darwin Myth: The Life and Lies of Charles Darwin Using that “life and lies” formula in the subtitle of this anti-Darwin book was not a wise move by Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Benjamin Wiker. It invites unfavorable comparison to a similarly titled book about a similarly celebrated white-bearded English sage with an ugly nose. I mean, of course, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore, by Rita Skeeter, a book within a book in the Harry Potter series. Date: September–October Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, 2009. 196 pages. Page(s): 42–43 topics: Media Type: This version might differ slightly from the print publication. Pages
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